The contest takes place in two rounds - Preliminary (Round 1) and Final (Round 2).

• In Round 1: You must write an abstract of your story, i.e. you must write a short summary, without revealing the details. You can relate this condition to a movie trailer, where you get a gist of what the movie is about, yet you don't know how/what exactly happens until you watch the movie.  

            Word limit: 150

            Submission deadline: Saturday, January 31st, 2015. 

• In Round 2: The selected entries from the Round 1, will take part in this final round. Here, the participants must write their story in full form. 

            Word limit: 600

            Submission deadline: Friday, February 20th, 2015.

All the entries must be written in a word document (.doc or .docx) and mailed to " stringtheory@pragyan.org " 

The participants whose entries have been selected after the preliminary stage (Round 1) will be contacted through e-mail, to participate in the final round (Round 2).